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确实

què shí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 確實

确实 (què shí) means "indeed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 确实 means

1. indeed
2. really
3. reliable
4. real
5. true

The characters in 确实

• 确quèauthenticated; solid; firm
• 实shíreal; true; honest

Example sentences

• 这确实。
  That's true.
• 她确实死了。
  It's true that she's dead.
• 你确实很强。
  You are truly very strong.
• 汤姆确实贪。
  Tom certainly is greedy.
• 确实我有点懒。
  I really am kind of lazy.
• 我确实看见他了。
  I did see him.

Words containing 确实

• 不确实bù què shíuntrue

Where 确实 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Modal & certainty adverbs (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read què shí correctly.
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